Thomas Howard

Thomas Howard was an English pirate who was active in the Indian Ocean from 1698 to 1703 during the "Pirate Round".

Biography
Thomas Howard spent his entire inheritance before moving to Jamaica, and he became involved with pirates in the region. Howard and a small group of pirates stole some canoes before stealing a 24-gun ship, and he was elected quartermaster by the crew. In 1698, he attacked ships off North America, and he proceeded to plunder shipping off West Africa in 1699. Howard was marooned while hunting on Madagascar, and he was served in George Booth and John Bowen's crews before recruiting his own crew and taking the 36-gun Prosperous, being elected captain on Christmas in 1702. In March 1703, his ship seized the East Indiaman Pembroke off the Comoros, and he returned to his base of Rajapura and divided the loot among his crew. He married a local woman, and he was murdered by her relatives for mistreating her.